Mistress Pamela
{{Short description|1974 British film by Jim O'Connolly}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Mistress Pamela
| image = "Mistress_Pamela"_(1974).jpg
| caption = British quad poster
| director = Jim O'Connolly
| producer = Jim O'Connolly
| writer = Jim O'Connolly
| based_on = the novel by Samuel Richardson
| starring = Ann Michelle
Julian Barnes
Dudley Foster
Anna Quayle
Anthony Sharp
| music = David Whitaker
| cinematography = Arthur Ibbetson
| editing = Fergus McDonell
| studio = Merlot Film Productions
| distributor = Anglo-EMI (UK)
Fanfare Films (USA)
| released = {{Film date|1973|11||UK release}}
| runtime = 91 min
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Mistress Pamela is a 1973 British sex comedy drama film directed by Jim O'Connolly and starring Ann Michelle, Dudley Foster, Anna Quayle and Anthony Sharp.{{Cite web |title=Mistress Pamela |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150029947 |access-date=28 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} It was written by O'Connolly loosely based on the 1740 novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42940|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115093356/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42940|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-15|title=Mistress Pamela|work=BFI}}
Plot
In the eighteenth century, Pamela, a servant girl in the household of Lord Devenish, must fight off the advances of her young master, a gentleman determined to have Pamela as his mistress.
Cast
- Ann Michelle as Pamela Andrews
- Julian Barnes as Lord Robert Devenish
- Dudley Foster as Jonathan
- Anna Quayle as Mrs Jelks
- Anthony Sharp as Longman
- Rosemarie Dunham as Mistress Blimper
- Derek Fowlds as Sir Percy
- Ken Parry as Parson
- Fred Emney as Dr Livesey
- Frederic Abbott as John Andrews
- Marianne Stone as Katie
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "What the makers clearly had in mind was Carry On Tom Jones."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1973 |title=Miss Pamela |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305837402/5671E4842B448D4PQ/1 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=40 |issue=468 |pages=253 |via=ProQuest}}
Time Out wrote, "Richardson's 18th century classic Pamela clearly dredged up for its bawdy possibilities ... About all the film has in common with the original is a notable lack of humour."{{cite web |date=10 September 2012 |title=Mistress Pamela |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/mistress-pamela |access-date=10 September 2024 |work=Time Out London}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0071849|Mistress Pamela}}
{{Jim O'Connolly}}
{{Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded}}
Category:1973 comedy-drama films
Category:1970s historical comedy-drama films
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Jim O'Connolly
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:British sex comedy-drama films
Category:British historical comedy-drama films
Category:Films set in the 18th century
Category:1970s sex comedy-drama films
Category:English-language historical comedy-drama films
Category:English-language sex comedy-drama films
Category:Adaptations of works by Samuel Richardson
Category:Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
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